DGAP-News: Reply Deutschland AG: 5% revenue growth, improvement of profitability according to plan
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Reply Deutschland AG: 5% revenue growth, improvement of profitability
according to plan
03.05.2013 / 09:07
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Tool Reply sold
Gütersloh, 3rd May 2013 - Reply Deutschland AG today published the results
of the first quarter of financial year 2013. In the group, the software
integrator achieved revenues of EUR 15.0 million, 5% above the previous
year. The profitability situation has been influenced by one-off effects of
the sale of Tool Reply. Accordingly earnings before taxes, interest and
depreciation (EBITDA) amounted to EUR 2.8 million following EUR 0.6 million
in the last year. Earnings before taxes (EBT) were EUR 2.5 million coming
from EUR 0.3 million in 2012. Altogether, Reply Deutschland group after tax
and minority shares obtained a net profit of
EUR 2.2 million until now (previous year: net profit EUR 0.2 million).
Operational Result - Reply Deutschland AG Group continued its positive
business development in the first quarter of financial year 2013. The EUR
15.0 million revenue in the first quarter of 2013 marks the second highest
of the last eight quarters. Neglecting the one-off effects the EBITDA has
increased to EUR 1.03 million, 86% more than in the first quarter 2012.
With 6.8% the EBITDA margin is - as planned - higher than the 3.9%
EBITDA-margin achieved in the first quarter of 2012.
Tool Reply - Announced during the extraordinary shareholders meeting in
February 2013 and approved by the shareholders Tool Reply has been sold to
the Italian Reply Services based on the valuation of an independent
appraisor appointed by the chamber of industry and commerce in Bielefeld.
With EUR 2.27 million the selling price was in the middle of the evaluation
interval indicated during the annual meeting. Considerung deconsolidation
effects the sale of Tool Reply led to a one-off pre-tax profit of EUR 1.78
million. The further activities of the project 'ONE REPLY' aiming at the
simplification of the grown group structures and the internationalization
and broadening of the shareholder base develop as planned.
Liquidity and staff - Cash flow (according to DVFA/SG) up to now amounted
to EUR 2.5 million (previous year: EUR 0.6 million) in 2013. Liquidity fell
to EUR 12.5 million (end of 2012: EUR 15.3 million) subject to seasonal
influences. The equity ratio rose to 60.5% following 55.4% at the end of
2012. 394 employees were active in the group at the end of March 2013,
unchanged compared to the first quarter of 2012.
Status and Outlook - Based on the existing project pipeline Reply
Deutschland is assuming a continuous development according to the current
path of revenue and margin growth. Against this background we confirm our
guidance for the financial year 2013 which states that the revenues shall
improve at a substantial single-digit rate. As well the EBITDA-margin shall
further improve to exceed the 6.2% achieved in financial year 2012.
For further inquiries please contact:
Michael Lückenkötter
Director Investor Relations
Reply
Bartholomäusweg 26
33334 Gütersloh
Tel.: +49 (5241) 5009-1017
E-Mail: m.lueckenkoetter(at)reply.de
www.reply.de
About Reply Deutschland AG
Reply Deutschland is a leading IT service provider which provides
consulting, integration and outsourcing services for efficient corporate
management. For our innovative, flexible and reliable solutions of the
highest quality, we use adaptive and agile IT platforms and extend them
with customer-specific components. This makes it possible for our customers
to differentiate themselves in the market and creates long-term competitive
advantages. Our customers profit from our sound knowledge of the industry
they are operating in and the partnership-like cooperation with us. Reply
Deutschland is organized as a network of independent and highly-specialized
companies.
The inclusion in the network of the European-wide IT service provider Reply
gives Reply Deutschland additional access to the knowledge of over 3,700 IT
experts. In 2012, Reply had a turnover of over 494 million euros in the
main offices in Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom. For further
information visit www.reply.de
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Language: English
Company: Reply Deutschland AG
Bartholomäusweg 26
33334 Gütersloh
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)5241 5009-1017
Fax: +49 (0)5241 5009-1510
E-mail: m.lueckenkoetter(at)reply.de
Internet: www.reply.de
ISIN: DE0005501456
WKN: 550145
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover,
München, Stuttgart
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